 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 560 pages
...sleep, — the dead reign there alone! So shalt thou rest, — and what if thou shalt fall Unnoticed by the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure?...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...sleep — the dead reign there alone! — So shalt thou rest; and what if thou shall fall Unnoticed by the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure?...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...shalt thou rest ; and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of th^r departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny....their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 452 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep, — the dead reign there alone ! So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou withdraw In silence from...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | 1877 - 604 pages
...sleep — the dead reign there alone. So shalt thou rest, and what if thou shalt fall Unnoticed by the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure....their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men, The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1878 - 540 pages
...the iribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men, The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone. 6. So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou withdraw In silence from...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1878 - 540 pages
...flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep— (the dead reign there alone.^ So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from...their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men, The youth in life's green spring,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 pages
...flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone. So shalt thou rest, — and what if thou withdraw In silence...; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments,and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glides away, the... | |
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All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make... 
